NGC 1762
NGC 1762 imaged by Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Orion
Right ascension	05h 03m 37.0784s[1]
Declination	+01° 34′ 24.113″[1]
Redshift	0.015858±0.00000700[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	4,754±2 km/s[1]
Distance	275.44 ± 22.19 Mly (84.450 ± 6.805 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	NGC 1762 group (LGG 120)
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.35[1]
Characteristics
Type	SA(rs)c[1]
Size	~149,200 ly (45.73 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.7′ × 1.1′[1]
Other designations
IRAS 05010+0130, 2MASX J05033701+0134239, UGC 3238, MCG +00-13-067, PGC 16654, CGCG 394-073[1]

NGC 1762 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Orion. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 4,739±2 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 228.0 ± 15.9 Mly (69.90 ± 4.89 Mpc).^[1] However, 10 non-redshift measurements give a farther mean distance of 275.44 ± 22.19 Mly (84.450 ± 6.805 Mpc).^[2] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 8 October 1785.^[3][4]

NGC 1762 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.^[5][6]

NGC 1762 group

NGC 1762 is a member the NGC 1762 group (also known as LGG 120), which contains at least 27 galaxies, including NGC 1590, NGC 1633, NGC 1642, NGC 1691 [fr], NGC 1713 [fr], NGC 1719, and IC 392 [fr].^[7][8]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 1762:

• SN 2002cy (type unknown, mag. 16.7) was discovered by South African amateur astronomer Berto Monard [it] on 8 May 2002.^[9][10]

See also

• List of NGC objects (1001–2000)

References

External links

• Media related to NGC 1762 at Wikimedia Commons
• NGC 1762 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images